CVE-2016-6185
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6185
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6185.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6185
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-02T14:59:02.943Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:45:53.978513Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.
- References
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/